Charlie Sheridan

Charlie Sheridan (died 1920) was an Irish Mob boss from Chicago during Prohibition. Sheridan controlled the Greektown neighborhood, and he fought against Johnny Torrio in a turf war in 1920; Sheridan was whacked by Jimmy Darmody after a gunfight at his bar.

Biography
Charlie Sheridan was born in Chicago, Illinois to a family of Irish descent, and he had to deal with bullies picking on his Catholic Celtic ancestry. Sheridan became tough and rose to become an important figure in the criminal underworld of Chicago during the early 20th century. Sheridan made a profit from running booze through Greektown, and George Anastos ran a major speakeasy on the border with the Italian South Side. In 1920, Johnny Torrio's Chicago Outfit decided to make inroads into Greektown after the murder of James Colosimo and the start of Prohibition. Anastos was extorted by the Chicago Outfit, and Sheridan felt insulted when he arrived at the Four Deuces bar in the South Side to meet with Torrio, instead only meeting Al Capone and Jimmy Darmody. At the meeting, Sheridan reluctantly agreed to give Torrio 50% of his profits to avoid trouble, but he sent some of his men to shoot up the Four Deuces, with his henchman Liam cutting the face of the prostitute Pearl to send a message to Torrio. In revenge, Darmody and Capone decided to arrange a second meeting with Sheridan, but they bribed the coat-check girl to let them keep their guns. They proceeded to engage in a shootout with the Irish mobsters, and Darmody shot Sheridan under the chin after telling him that Greektown belonged to the Outfit.